About Luke Hickman

From a young age, Luke has been obsessed with film. He studied film at Utah Valley University from 2005-08 and he reviewed movies for the weekly student publication "The College Times"/"UVU Review." Luke critiques films for "The Stubbs Show" on 101.5FM KEGA and on The Reel Place, a website that he co-created with fellow High-Def Digest writer Aaron Peck.

Marvel’s ‘Black Panther’ is now the third-fastest film to hit $400 million, and has landed the all-time #2 record for biggest second weekend. Although its placement on the podium didn’t allow for any of the newcomer movies to make...

While most studios would have stayed out of the wake of ‘Black Panther’, three were brave enough to release counter-programming this weekend. Warner Bros. has the widest release, a couples comedy loaded with R-rated hijinks. Param...

If the reported ticket pre-sale numbers are accurate, we’re about to see a huge weekend at the box office. Advance purchases for Marvel’s latest movie are said to be through the roof. In addition to the MCU’s 18th installment, Aar...

The Philadelphia Eagles’ big win at the Super Bowl wasn’t the only surprise of the weekend. While ‘Maze Runner’ was expected to retain the top spot on the box office charts, it was actually defeated by the seven-week-old ‘Jumanji’...

Super Bowl weekend typically experiences a steep drop in movie attendance. Knowing that, Hollywood is only offering one new film to wide release, and it doesn’t look very good. That should easily allow ‘Maze Runner’ to win the box...

After a three-week reign, ‘Jumanji’ has finally been booted from the top of the box office charts. Meanwhile, last week’s announcement of the year’s Oscar nominations significantly boosted the attendance of many of the contending ...

With this week’s announcement of the Oscar nominations, many moviegoers are heading out to catch up on the titles they missed. For those who don’t exactly care about Hollywood patting its own back, only one wide release takes the ...

You know it’s January when a five-week-old movie is still at the top of charts. Not one of this weekend’s three wide releases was able to defeat the almighty ‘Jumanji’ sequel. Each performed better than expected, but still brought...

After the success of ’13 Hours’ and ‘American Sniper’, it looks like January is becoming a hot month for patriotic war films. This week brings the declassified true story of the first soldiers to enter Afghanistan following 9/11. ...

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